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by Rickpatbrown
Tue Nov 24, 2020 11:40 pm
Forum: Oolong Tea
Topic: Five Minute Brew...
Replies: 6
Views: 3121

Re: Five Minute Brew...

I find myself grandpa'ing a lot more teas these days, especially gaoshan. Gong fu is such a hassle. I noticed that I really enjoy grandpa. It brings out things in the tea that I never get with GF. There is definitely more bitterness. You have to be careful with how much leaf you add. When I go hikin...
by Rickpatbrown
Sat Oct 17, 2020 7:07 pm
Forum: Oolong Tea
Topic: What Oolong Are You Drinking
Replies: 2775
Views: 1512605

Re: What Oolong Are You Drinking

Enjoying some Alishan at the vista! Put a spoonful in my thermos in the morning with 1L boiling water water. 6 hours later, it brought out some interesting flavors. There was a fragrant herbal flavor like clove or anise or something I couldn't place. I wonder if it came from the stems. Very nice way...
by Rickpatbrown
Sat Oct 10, 2020 7:30 am
Forum: Fermented Tea
Topic: Wireless Hygrometer Recommendations
Replies: 7
Views: 3314

Re: Wireless Hygrometer Recommendations

Those sensor push ones are nice - I need to get three hygrometers for different areas of my pumidor. If I were just getting one I would definitely spring for the sensor push one. Do you really think that the humidity is different in differnet areas of your humidor? I suspect that differnet numbers ...
by Rickpatbrown
Fri Sep 18, 2020 12:22 pm
Forum: Fermented Tea
Topic: Farmer Leaf 2020 teas
Replies: 10
Views: 4159

Re: Farmer Leaf 2020 teas

I tried the Jingmai Gulan and Miyun. I found them both to be really nice. Strong dried fruit flavor (is this the orchid that they speak of?). The Gulan was much better balanced between body, high and lower notes. Very well put together tea. The Miyun had more bitterness and "bite". I like stronger t...
by Rickpatbrown
Sun Sep 13, 2020 11:40 pm
Forum: Storage & Organization
Topic: Aging oolong? How to do it?
Replies: 82
Views: 62541

Re: Aging oolong? How to do it?

ok, i have to ask.. does anyone have any anecdotal evidence about tea stored in aluminized mylar bags (or similar) long term? because that's how most of my oolong tea is being "aged" right now. some has 5 years or more on it. i'm guilty of buying tea and just letting it sit unopened. some of it has...
by Rickpatbrown
Sun Sep 13, 2020 4:28 pm
Forum: Storage & Organization
Topic: Aging oolong? How to do it?
Replies: 82
Views: 62541

Re: Aging oolong? How to do it?

Step 1 is to have one of the handful of oolongs that can be aged. Most of these were produced accidentally through having a bad kill-green, so aging them is a bit like dry-storing white tea or loose pu'er. As far as I can tell these are a new thing invented by pu'er hunters in Taiwan buying old com...
by Rickpatbrown
Sun Sep 13, 2020 9:32 am
Forum: Storage & Organization
Topic: Aging oolong? How to do it?
Replies: 82
Views: 62541

Aging oolong? How to do it?

We tend to focus a lot on aging pu'erh, where adding humidity is important. Oolong on the other hand, does not do well with moisture. This is why asian tea shops will reroast their aging oolongs, periodically, to drive off excess moisture. Here in the west, our drier climate is problematic for pu'er...
by Rickpatbrown
Sat Sep 12, 2020 11:13 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Favorite Teas for Grandpa Style?
Replies: 17
Views: 7460

Re: Favorite Teas for Grandpa Style?

I find roasted teas my favorite. Dong ding is nice grandpa style. Of course it's how I take gaoshan if I'm working and cant sit down with the gaiwan. I tend to stay away from pu'erh because if the rinse. Not sure how to accomplish it. My use of grandpa is usually when I only have access to a microwa...
by Rickpatbrown
Sat Sep 12, 2020 11:00 pm
Forum: Oolong Tea
Topic: Poetry and science in describing the taste of Oolong...
Replies: 7
Views: 3415

Re: Poetry and science in describing the taste of Oolong...

Thanks for sharing. This is a delightful little essay. Often, I get frustrated with the way tea is written about. Usually, this is related to convincing people to buy it. But, in other cases, it is clear that describing flavor in poetic terms is the only way that we can come to grasp it. It's a type...
by Rickpatbrown
Fri Sep 11, 2020 11:58 pm
Forum: Fermented Tea
Topic: What Pu'er Are You Drinking
Replies: 2051
Views: 923743

Re: What Pu'er Are You Drinking

It was super smooth and sweet, highly enjoyable! ~15 grams in 280ml DCQ. Water boiled in Zisha. Fun times 🃏 Wow, 280ml teapot. 120ml is my largest sized teapot. Hell I couldn't get 200ml of tea in my fairness cup. Depending on the tea type, I very much enjoy a larger teapot. Full force 🚀 Is this al...
by Rickpatbrown
Fri Sep 11, 2020 12:20 pm
Forum: Fermented Tea
Topic: What Pu'er Are You Drinking
Replies: 2051
Views: 923743

Re: What Pu'er Are You Drinking

2020 Spring Jingmai Miyun Overall, I really enjoyed this tea. It tastes really nice as a young tea. It has a lot of high notes (mostly dry fruit) and enough bitterness to round it out, giving it body and decent mouthfeel. Huigan is good, but not exceptional. Cha qi is fine. My wife and I dont notice...
by Rickpatbrown
Tue Sep 08, 2020 11:44 pm
Forum: Fermented Tea
Topic: What Pu'er Are You Drinking
Replies: 2051
Views: 923743

Re: What Pu'er Are You Drinking

I had the 2019 single tree loose raw puerh from Hojo today. Haven't had a young Sheng for a long time. It was really good...very aromatic with strong warming energetic Qi. The only thing is I don't know where this tea is from. It was labeled as Ming Feng Shan. Does anyone know where Ming Feng Shan ...
by Rickpatbrown
Tue Sep 08, 2020 10:47 am
Forum: Fermented Tea
Topic: Kombucha
Replies: 6
Views: 3592

Re: Kombucha

I've found sheng puerh, hongcha and white tea to work better than shou puerh or liubao. Perhaps the microbes from the wodui interferes somehow with the kombucha fermentation. Sheng puerh and white tea can produce some very active and fizzy kombucha brews I've had good luck with sheng and hongcha an...
by Rickpatbrown
Mon Sep 07, 2020 11:40 pm
Forum: Archived Swaps
Topic: YQH Puerh for Sale 2004 Dinji Yesheng
Replies: 5
Views: 3503

Re: YQH Puerh for Sale 2004 Dinji Yesheng

I have sold all that I am willing to part with. Sorry, I forgot to close down this thread.
by Rickpatbrown
Mon Sep 07, 2020 11:27 pm
Forum: Fermented Tea
Topic: Kombucha
Replies: 6
Views: 3592

Re: Kombucha

Just bottled my August 27th batch tonight with mango. This is my first time using shou puerh. They are some supermarket baby tous that my mother-in-law gave me. Last night, it was just starting to "pop" with acidity, but I could still taste a good amount of sweetness. Tonight it was really nice. The...